Bill Text: NC S388 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Modify Renewable Energy Property Credit
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-07 - Ch. SL 2010-4 [S388 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-S388-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
S 2
SENATE BILL 388
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 5/12/09
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Short Title: Collection of Offender Fines and Fees. |
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March 4, 2009
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the collection of offender fines and fees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A‑321 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑321. Collection of offender fines and fees assessed by the court.
(a) Methods of Payment. – The Judicial Department may, in lieu of payment by cash or check, accept payment by credit card, charge card, or debit card for the fines, fees, and costs owed to the courts by offenders.
(b) Contract to Collect Past Due Amounts. – In
attempting to collect the fines, fees, and costs owed by offenders not
sentenced to supervised probation, the Department may:The Department may
contract with a county or a collection agency to collect unpaid fines, fees,
costs, and restitution owed by offenders not sentenced to supervised probation
if the amounts remain unpaid 30 days after the time allotted by the court. The
Department may assess the offender a collection assistance fee equal to the
amount charged by the county or collection agency to collect the amounts past
due. The collection assistance fee may not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the
amount past due. If the Department assesses a collection assistance fee under
this subsection, it may not charge an additional cost of collection pursuant to
G.S. 115C‑437.
(1) Assess a collection assistance fee if an
amount due remains unpaid for 30 days after the time period allotted by the
court. The amount of the collection assistance fee shall not exceed the average
cost of collecting the debt or twenty percent (20%) of the amount past due,
whichever is less.
(2) Enter into contracts with a collection
agency or agencies to collect unpaid fines, fees, and costs owed by offenders
not sentenced to supervised probation.
(3) Intercept tax refund checks under Chapter
105A of the General Statutes, the Setoff Debt Collection Act.
(c) Should the Judicial Department use any
method listed in subdivision (b)(1) or (2) of this section to collect fines,
fees, and costs owed by offenders not sentenced to supervised probation, the
department may not charge any additional cost of collection pursuant to G.S. 115C‑437."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
